Test 13 · ★ · Volcanoes and earthquakes up close
a video said magma comes up cos the volcano sucks it out. right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: video, magma, volcano · What happens: say, come up, suck out · To what, where: magma · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 62 «Volcanoes and earthquakes up close» of the world course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 video | det |
| 2 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | magma | magma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 comes | nsubj |
| 5 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | ccomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 comes | compound:prt |
| 7 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 10 sucks | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 volcano | det |
| 9 | volcano | volcano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sucks | nsubj |
| 10 | sucks | suck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 comes | advcl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sucks | obj |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 sucks | compound:prt |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 comes | punct |
| 14 | right | right | ADV | _ | 5 comes | advmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | a video | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | come up | present | magma | right property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | suck out | present | the volcano | magma | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1
No, magma rises because the Sun heats the ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 rises | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rises | punct |
| 3 | magma | magma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rises | nsubj |
| 4 | rises | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 heats | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Sun | det |
| 7 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 heats | nsubj |
| 8 | heats | heat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rises | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ground | det |
| 10 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 heats | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | present | magma | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | heat | present | the Sun | the ground | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ground=Patient |
Option 2
Yes, the volcano pulls magma up like a straw
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 pulls | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 volcano | det |
| 4 | volcano | volcano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pulls | nsubj |
| 5 | pulls | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | magma | magma | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pulls | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 pulls | compound:prt |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 straw | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 straw | det |
| 10 | straw | straw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pulls | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull up | present | the volcano | magma | like a straw | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magma=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, magma rises because it is lighter than the solid rock around it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 rises | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rises | punct |
| 3 | magma | magma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rises | nsubj |
| 4 | rises | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 lighter | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 lighter | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 lighter | cop |
| 8 | lighter | light | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 rises | advcl |
| 9 | than | than | ADP | _ | 12 rock | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 rock | det |
| 11 | solid | solid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 rock | amod |
| 12 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lighter | obl |
| 13 | around | around | ADP | _ | 14 it | case |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 rock | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | present | magma | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | magma | than the solid rock around rock; light property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, the wind over the top draws the magma up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 draws | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wind | det |
| 4 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 draws | nsubj |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 top | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 top | det |
| 7 | top | top | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 wind | nmod |
| 8 | draws | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 magma | det |
| 10 | magma | magma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 draws | obj |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 draws | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw up | present | the wind over the top | the magma | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magma=Theme |
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